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SPARKLER1 · 23/06/2005 21:25

I saw part of a film on TV the other night where a group of teenagers did one of these. I know it was TV and things do get exaggerated but it made me think.
I have never in my life done one of these and don't know of anyone that has either, but I'm curious. Don't get me wrong, I'm not planning on doing one either!!!
Just wondered if anyone out there has experience of this and what they thought.
I find it hard to believe that something like that can have such power.

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lunachic · 24/06/2005 00:01

or even

charleepeters · 24/06/2005 00:01

cheers mate - nighty night sweet dreams!

SPARKLER1 · 24/06/2005 06:44

some amazing stories on here. I'm one of those people that would like to believe but wouldn't until I'd seen it myself.

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anchovies · 24/06/2005 07:38

My dad (definitely not the sort for making this sort of thing up) did a ouija board with his friends when they were in their late teens. He says the glass moved with them touching it then on its own. I can't rememeber what it spelt out but there was a fire in the hotel that night that they were staying in and his best friend was burnt to death.

SPARKLER1 · 24/06/2005 07:59

Sad Shock

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fostermum · 24/06/2005 08:15

i wouldnt touch a ouija board because the spirits dont like it, if they have something to say to you they will let you know,always treat them with the respect you would when they where alive if i called my grandma up when she was alive and she was busy she would have told me so,still the same bless her

ChaCha · 24/06/2005 08:15

My mum also told me a story of the consequences of a ouija they did years ago as teenagers..put me off for life!
I do believe there's a whole world of the unseen that we cannot perceive with our senses right now but they are there.

Miaou · 24/06/2005 08:59

My mum did a ouija board when she was a student - it told her what the name of her husband would be, how many children she would have, and whether they would be boys or girls (correctly). However she didn't believe it at the time. And I would agree with everyone here that they are not to be messed with!

We both read the book by Mia Dolan about being a medium recently - it was fascinating, I find the whole subject really interesting. Dh however is vehemently opposed to "all that stuff" so I've never gone into it any further!

My mum and I have both "met" my aunty (mum's SIL who did before she knew my dad) - I felt her presence in my car, and my mum actually met her as a real person.

mogwai · 24/06/2005 09:45

I've had a couple of interesting experiences with a ouija board. I do believe there's something in the paranormal. My dh is a science type, he's quite cynical, but I think even he would agree something happened with the ouija board.

I had an auntie who died when I was 10. She was quite young when she died. When I was at university, about 250 miles from my home town, we used to do ouija boards. We (my now dh and I ) used to suspect that one of the others was moving the glass, it used to move so quickly and smoothly.

One night we did a ouija board and my auntie's name came up. I got upset and took my hand off the glass, so did my dh. This left two fingers on the glass, both girls who knew nothing about her or about my home town. SO once I'd composed myself, I thought I'd test it out (though have since heard you shouldn't test spirits, not sure why). I asked it some questions like "ok, so what was your favorite order from the chippy?" and it got that right. It also named a suburb of my home town that the other girls could not have known.

Not content with that..I said "ok, where was I born?" it seemed obvious to me that, if the two girls were pushing the glass, the board would spell something obvious, like the name of the local hospital (I was born in a maternity home that closed down years ago, it began with a "V").

SO the glass goes to "U" and I'm thinking "Aha! you are pushing the glass!!! sussed!!!" but my dh said to let it continue...

It eventually spelt out "under a bush!". That was where my auntie used to say they had found me!

mogwai · 24/06/2005 09:53

pause for dramatic effect!!

We continued to use the ouija board for some months after that, but one night it seemed to get quite abusive. I had the impression we were being told not to mess with it, like we were out of our depth. I vowed never to use it again and I never did (and never will).

The other two girls continued to use it in another house and some nasty things happened - nothing serious, just things that seemed "bad luck".

I've also had some contact with my nana, I'm pretty sure, but not through a ouija board. She died a few years ago. The week she died, we had just bought a flat a couple of hundred miles from my home town. We'd bought some sofas but when they were delivered, they wouldn't fit through the door. My stepdad said he would come down and take out the windows and we could drop them through.

And then my nana died the week he was supposed to be comng down. They decided there was nothing they could do at home, so would still come to visit and sort out the sofas. In the meantime, my stepdad had been thnking about the practicalities of removing the window (a victorian sash window). During that week, a HUGE old DIY book fell off a shelf at home (it was so heavy, wouldn't just fall off) and fell open at the page detailing how to remove sash windows.

I've had other sorts of contact from her since then. Reassuring in a way.

I strongly feel this sort of stuff is best left to the experts, mediums, witches, whatever. We just don't understand what we are dabbling with, they must be either worrying about us or laughing at us when they see us dabbling in what is essentially their profession!!

SPARKLER1 · 24/06/2005 10:08

how eerie! BTW love the pause for dramatic effect!

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ggglimpopo · 24/06/2005 10:12

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mogwai · 24/06/2005 10:15

Verity Razorblade

ggglimpopo · 24/06/2005 10:16

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Sarahx2005 · 24/06/2005 10:18

My advice to ANYONE contemplating or already involved in any of this is to stay well away. It's a really bad idea. As a christian I believe very strongly in God and the Devil any anything that God is not part of is evil. The Devil does exist (not the red horned fella we all visualise him as) but he's very powerful and by using anything to do with the occult you are giving him a direct channel into your life. Please stay well away, it may all seem like a bit of harmless fun at the time but it really isn't.
Why not talk to God instead and see how he works in your life - now that really is amazing!!
Sarah x

SaintGeorge · 24/06/2005 10:21

Sorry but that is just your opinion Sarah.

Although I agree with the sentiment that you shouldn't play with things you don't understand, with all due respect I don't think this discussion is really the place to try to convert people.

I for one don't believe in the devil.

ggglimpopo · 24/06/2005 10:26

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mogwai · 24/06/2005 10:31

I wouldn't risk it.....

suzywong · 24/06/2005 10:36

I would love to dabble with it, but it's not a dabbling thing is it, and I would be far too scared

SaintGeorge · 24/06/2005 10:36

ggg - who do you think is going to curse it?

BadgerBadger · 24/06/2005 10:44

FWIW, I think what SG said earlier...

It isn't the ouija board that causes anything, it's the people using it. Usually if anything happens it is because at least one of the participants has some latent psychic ability, even if they are not aware of it.

Not to be played with as a toy, despite the fact it was invented as a parlour game.

ggglimpopo · 24/06/2005 10:44

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firstbabyandnervous · 24/06/2005 10:50

Its really interesting that you brougt up this thread sparkler1.The other night I was sitting at home with dp and my sister.Dp and myself were joking about doing a ouija board and out of no where my sister started getting upset and annoyed telling us not to do it.When we asked her what was wrong she said my dp's grandmother was telling her to stop us from doing it.Dp got a bit of a shock as his grandmother died quite a few years ago.I didnt believe her but she then went on to describe what she looked like and exactly how she died .There is no way she could have known this as I didnt even know anything about her.

SaintGeorge · 24/06/2005 10:53

Badger, hello my friend , thanks for that.

ggg - so do you know a Verity and if so, does she bother you in any way?

ggglimpopo · 24/06/2005 10:58

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